Climate Food and Agriculture
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Indoor farm in Brooklyn helps feed hundreds of families
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, an increasingly hip but historically low-income Brooklyn neighborhood, one food pantry is also an indoor farm. The New York Daily News visited the Child Development Support Corporation, where every Thursday morning clients harvest lettuce, bok choy, and collard greens that help feed hundreds of families. Right now the greens are all grown hydroponically […]
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Meet Tracie McMillan, ‘overeducated’ food justice writer
The food reporter talks about her new book, working in farm fields and Walmart, and the recent attention she's received from Rush Limbaugh.
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Eggs: The poor man’s protein [Recipes]
Eggs make a great addition to any plant-based meal. And they're the most affordable way to eat pastured protein.
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More evidence that grocery stores alone won’t solve the obesity crisis
It tuns out proximity to grocery stores might not influence people's actual eating habits.
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Rancher sticks up for animals in factory farm country
Farmer and strongman Kevin Fulton has taken on the admirable if unenviable task of bridging conventional agriculture and animal rights.
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‘Cafeteria Man’ comes out swinging for better school lunches
We spoke with the director of a new documentary about one man's efforts to fix school lunch in Baltimore.
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Not your grandma’s yogurt
Although it's often seen as a healthy grocery store option, most yogurt is the product of an increasingly industrialized process.
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DIY yogurt [Recipe]
Make your own yogurt with this easy recipe from the book DIY Delicious.
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Food hubs: How small farmers get to market
Creative distribution projects around the country are bringing local food to a wider audience.
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Limbaugh mocks food justice writer for being an educated single woman
Well, I have a new career goal: Get publicly mocked by Rush Limbaugh for winning too many awards. Food justice writer and occasional Grist contributor Tracie McMillan achieved that honor yesterday, and I’m sure she’s feeling duly chastened for having the temerity to write successful books while being a lady and unmarried and in various other ways not Rush Limbaugh. […]
